House Unpassed Legislation 1843, Docket 1231, SC1/series 230, Petition of Elman Hewitt

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481318 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Hanson Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Isaac H. Wright, Norfolk; committee on capital punishment Selected signatures:Elman HewittAmbrose JosselynFriend W. Howland Actions taken on dates: 1843-03-04 Legislative action: Received in the Senate on March 4, 1843 and referred to the committee on capital punishment and sent for concurrence Total signatures: 18 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 18 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: office of hangman be transferred from the sheriff to the clergy [reverend, religious] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1843, Docket 1231 Acknowledgements: Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-5105612), Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University, Institutional Development Initiative at Harvard University, and Harvard University Library.